• Rules from the BABY’s Book on Becoming a Billionaire
  
  

  • Rule #106: With a nod to William Goldman, “Nobody knows anything.” And so to quote the movie Risky Business, sometimes you just have to say, "What the ____."

• Go with your gut: Trusting your intuition may prove more reliable than the opinions of so-called “experts” when it comes to predicting a business winner.

• You’re full of beans. Panera Bread Company contends a burrito is a sandwich to prevent Qdobas Mexican Grill from moving next door. Our expert, Randy Broberg, offers his legal opinion, but appoints his children as the jury.

• Increase your business SCORE. Rod Means shares how this resource partner of the Small Business Administration assists entrepreneurs with pro bono counseling from experienced business executives.

• Is God an entrepreneur?: Rabbi Philip Graubart contends that God gave us creative energy to “go out and build,” but sometimes man loses grasp of God’s laws in the process.

Rod Means is a volunteer business counselor and the district director for SCORE. Since 1964, SCORE, "Counselors to America's Small Business," has assisted more than 7.5 million aspiring entrepreneurs and small business owners through counseling and business workshops. More than 10,500 volunteer business counselors in 389 chapters serve their communities through entrepreneur education dedicated to the formation, growth and success of small businesses. Prior to joining SCORE in 1999, Rod had a diverse career as a corporate executive and business owner in San Diego.

Randy Broberg, recently named one of the best transactional intellectual property attorneys in San Diego by the San Diego Daily Transcript, is a partner at the law firm of Allen Matkins. His diverse clients have included representing General Atomics in a manufacturing arrangement against a Korean company, representing tennis player Serena Williams to acquire the domain name www.serenawilliams.com, and trademark representation of Directed Electronics which makes the Viper car alarms.

Rabbi Philip Graubart is the senior Rabbi at Congregation Beth El in La Jolla. He is also a published author, book reviewer and award winning columnist. He is a third generation Conservative Rabbi, and both his brother and uncles are rabbis. Prior to coming to Beth El, he was the Rabb for Congregation B'nai Israel in Northampton for ten years, leading that congregation from 150 to over 420 member families. He is a graduate of the Jewish Theological Seminary.